Choosing delivery, providers, payment, or a start
Verify rate, authorization, and start
Reconcile the current payment method with the person's authorization, provider or worker readiness, and first delivered service.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Review the current Kansas HCBS I/DD provider manualBefore you start
- Exact service and code if supplied, current plan and authorization, amount and frequency, rate or budget document, MCO contact, provider or worker acceptance, FMS status, staffing and backup plan, proposed schedule, and billing questions.
Who to contact
Use the official CDDO, KDADS program manager, KanCare Clearinghouse, MCO care coordinator, provider, FMS, Ombudsman, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Ask the MCO to identify the current authorization and payment method for the exact service.
- Ask the provider, worker, or FMS to confirm acceptance, onboarding, staffing, documentation, billing readiness, backup coverage, and proposed schedule.
- Treat the first delivered service and retained service record as the completion event.
Expected next
An authorization, payment clarification, accepted referral, onboarding completion, confirmed schedule, or first delivered service.
Save this proof
Plan, authorization, rate or budget evidence, MCO response, provider or worker acceptance, FMS and staffing records, schedule, and first-service record.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Escalate mismatched payment, authorization, or readiness facts to the MCO care coordinator and use the Ombudsman or notice-specific appeal route when appropriate.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Verify rate, authorization, and start checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result or confirmation
- Current open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Start the Kansas I/DD waiver pathway, Review KanCare Medicaid and current health plans, Compare Kansas self-direction and agency direction, Review the current Kansas HCBS I/DD provider manual, Review Kansas MFEI and interRAI planning
Official resources
Limits
A published rate or reimbursement methodology is not the person's individual budget, authorization, provider payment, staffing plan, schedule, or start date. The July 1, 2026 methodology transition makes old rate sheets unsafe as current authority unless KMAP or the MCO confirms them.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.